Ihsaan Magazine May 2020 Issue - Living your best Life | Page 71

Badr
The Battle of
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It was the second year after the hijrah
of the Prophet (SAW) from Makkah to
Madinah.
Many of the Muslims that had
migbrated had to leave their
posessions behind or had them taken
away by the pagan Makkans.
A Quraysh caravan was on the way
back to Makkah and the Prophet
(SAW) suggested to intercept it, in
order to make up for the property
the Muhajiroon had lost when they
emigrated. When the Quraysh heard
this, they prepared an army and went
out to fight the Muslims.
The Muslims were informed that the
Makkan polytheists were marching
towards them. There were only 300
Muslims in this expedition, led by the
Prophet (SAW) and they were not very
well equipped. There were 1300 men
of the Quraysh, with many horses and
armoured soldiers.
Despite being outnumbered, the
Muslims decided to fight them.
Before the battle, Allah sent down
rain. It made things more difficult for
the polytheists, but it was a blessing
for the Muslims.
The two armies met. Duels started to
break out and the Muslims won them.
That made the polytheists very angry;
then the fighting begun.
The Prophet (SAW) invoked Allah to
help the believers. Immediately Allah
sent 1000 angels to fight alongside the
Muslims.
The Muslims fought very bravely. The
disbelievers started to become weak
and fled. The Muslims had won!
The Quraysh returned to Makkah
defeated and humiliated. They were
so angry at the Muslims they forbade
crying over the dead of Badr, so they
would not show they had been hurt.
They wanted revenge. They wanted to
destroy Islam once and for all.